Three residencies in three European cities for three choreographic impromptus: in 2022, as the singular and unprecedented prelude to a forthcoming creation, Boris Charmatz and Terrain are conducting research and a series of experiments.

These impromptus are based on the notion of église (“church”), and its Greek etymology ekklêsia, which literally translates as “assembly.” The idea of gathering contained in the word, whether gathering within the walls of a religious building or in the open air, informs this project, along with the desire to make two leading instruments resonate: the organ and the bells.

In June, at the Église du Saint-Esprit in Paris, Boris Charmatz, with eleven dancers, lays the groundwork for the choreographic principles and materials to be explored over the course of the year and open the first rehearsals to the public.

This session is organized in partnership with Lafayette Anticipations, as part of its Atelier en residence programme, which every year invites an artist to share his or her creative process with the public.

In June, at the invitation of Culturgest, Boris Charmatz takes over the Alameda Dom Afonso Henriques garden, with a group of fifteen dancers which includes some of the choreographer’s regular performers as well as dancers living in Portugal.

Terrain Lisboa, taking place outdoor, in the very heart of the city, and open to all, combines group warm-ups, workshops, nightly rehearsals, and performance.

In September, Boris Charmatz concludes this sequence of choreographic research by composing, for the opening of the steirischer herbst festival in Graz, the impromptu Noli me tangere: A Happening for Herz Jesu, an experience which will lead the spectators from the outside piazza to the nave of the church.

impromptu Paris
13 - 17 June - Église du Saint-Esprit
with Lafayette Anticipations
 Collective warm-up with the dancers in the Church Crypt :
13, 14, 15 June from 2pm to 3pm
 Open rehearsals in the church:
from 13 to 16 June, from 8pm to 10pm
 Public performance : 17 June at 8.30pm
More infos : https://www.lafayetteanticipations.com/fr/manifestation/impromptu-etape-de-travail-x-boris-charmatz-et-terrain
[terrain] Lisboa
23 June - 2 July - Alameda Dom Afonso Henriques, Lisbonne
with Culturgest
In public from 23 June to 1st July :
 6pm-7pm : public warm-up with the dancers
 7pm-11pm : public repetitions
Saturday 2 Julyat 7pm: public warm-ump followed by the performance
Workshops :
 25 June from 10am to 12am : workshop for all
 from 27 June to 1st July : workshops for dance students and professionals
Meeting :
25 June at 5pm : with Boris Charmatz and Mark Deputter

More infos : https://www.culturgest.pt/en/whats-on/boris-charmatz-terrain-lisboa/?typology=2
Noli me tangere. A Happening for Herz Jesu
24 & 25 septembre - Herz Jesu, Graz
with Steirischer Herbst
More infos : https://www.steirischerherbst.at/de/program/artists/3643/boris-charmatz-terrain